Hardin County OhArchives Biographies.....Thurman, Z. T. 1852 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/oh/ohfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Ann Anderson ann.g.anderson@gmail.com November 19, 2005, 12:45 am Author: Warner, Beers & Co. Z. T. THURMAN, farmer, P. O. Mount Victory, was born July 27, 1852, in Hardin County, Ohio, and is the son of George and Margaret (Card) Thurman. His mother was a native of Ross County, Ohio, and died in this county, May 7, 1882, at the age of seventy-two years. His father was a native of Virginia, and moved to this State at an early day. His grandparents were in the Revolution and the war of 1812. The subject of this sketch, the youngest of a family of ten, five deceased, was born and reared on the homestead, where his parents had settled in 1836, and where he is now residing. By occupation, he is a farmer and stock-raiser, making sheep a specialty. He is generally successful, and owns 103 acres of land. He has formed two marriages in life; his first union was in December, 1877, to Belle, born 1855, native of this State, the daughter of David and Rebecca Cline, and who died without issue May 26, 1878. His second marriage was on the 4th of May, 1881, to Mary, born January 17, 1859, in Logan County, Ohio, the daughter of Nicholas and Lucinda (Tittsworth) Hathaway, both natives of this State, the former of English, the latter of Irish descent. Her parents reside at Mount Victory; her great-grandfather was killed in the war of the Revolution. Mr. Thurman is the father of two children, James D. and Bertha. In politics, he is a Republican, and is one of the useful citizens of Dudley Township. Additional Comments: Dudley Township Excerpt from "The History of Hardin County, Ohio" containing A HISTORY OF THE COUNTY; ITS TOWNSHIPS, TOWNS, CHURCHES, SCHOOLS, ETC.; GENERAL AND LOCAL STATISTICS; MILITARY RECORD; PORTRAITS OF EARLY SETTLERS AND PROMINENT MEN; HISTORY OF NORTHWEST TERRITORY; HISTORY OF OHIO; MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS, ETC., ETC. CHICAGO: WARNER, BEERS & CO. 1883 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/oh/hardin/bios/thurman312bs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/ohfiles/ File size: 2.5 Kb